Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-24
The GOufIS.

| Yesterday, Will OF Mary A. L. Brown: answer Of
Geo. Brown, executor, to petition OF caveators.
| Estate OF Elizabeth late; order requiring L. L.
| Tate to pay costs OF exceptions. Estate OF NJ. r.
| Combs, Kate NJ. Combs appointed guardian to w.
|. G. Combs on Ming bond. Estate OF Philip
Fischer; Will admitted to probate, and E. S.
Hutchinson appointed administrator C. t. a.; bond
/ $1,000. Estate OF james Ward; order for sale Of
personality. Estate or Sarah Baker, X. F. Baker
/ appointed administrator; bond 500 In IT II. G..
! Kemp. ct al. minors. Louisa X. Kemp appointed
! guardian; bond a OOO Estate OF Columbus W.
! and Albert c. Thorn, Chas. G. Thorn appointed
| guardian: bond S, 600.
| EQUITY COURT-Judge Mer7fck
| Yesterday, Hoover agt. Flagg; final decree for
| SPECIFIC performance shoemaker agt. Shoemaker;
reference 10 auditor. Dunn agt. Dunn; sale rati-
| lied finally on terms
| POLICE CoURr-J,dgp Smell.
To-day, Wm Hitte, disorderly conduct; s. or
| 10 days Frank Nolan. indecent exposure; do
Frank Middleton, loud and boisterous; do. Nancy
Valentine, profanity; 3 or days. Samuel Berry,
diooritrly conduct; 8 or 10 days. Richard
FRANKLIN, dsorderly con uct; collateral forfeited
| Yesterday. Daniel Buchanan, disorderly conduct;
. or 10 days. JAS Curtis, do; do. Catherine
Huber, do; do. Jno. Lyons, cruelty to animals;
collateral forfeited. Franklin Lindsey, colored,
violating hack law; 8 or Is days. Patrick
Mccormick unlicensed bar: $105; appeal noted
Thos. Mason, concealed weapons; personal bonds.
collateral forfeited. JAS Robey, fast driving; $40
JAS. Williams indecent behavior; bonds or 80
! days.
LETTER FROM GLADsTONE.-Mr. Gladstone has
Written letter In regard TO the assertions OF Mr.
Root Bannatyne F1ndlay Qiberal-untonlst) mem
Der of parliament from Inverness that ne tMr.
Glad,tOne) had apOlogZed for bOycotting and That
lie WIS under Parnellile subsection In his letter
Mr. Gladstone says: 81 am little surprised at the
indccuracy OF Mr.. FindlayS statements, but much
must be allowed Tor disappointed section with a
| FALLING cause"
His CHII.Ds BODY IN THE BALE OF COTTON-A
little son OF Leander Hill, who lives south OF Cow
1ngJon, Tenn. went to hi fathers gin Wednesday
and seeing that the cotton press was half full OF
| the feeey staple the child lay down and went to
sleep. Operations were resumed about the gin
| and the negroes nlled the press with linl to COM
pete te bdie The terrific pressure OF the follow
ing-blOck was brought down upon the loose cotton,
! and when the bale was rolled up from the press
bound with the iron ties the Likelihood OF the boy
oozed slowly through the fiber. This excited the
To the horror and unspeakabe grief or Mr.. Hill he
found the body Of his Il, tie son crushed to teliy
II the little fellow uttered any cries OF distress
| they were not heard.
| A MINISTER FATALLY SHOT-An Indian Territory
dispatch reports the fatal shooting of a minister
| named Alfred BeddingtOn at the dwelling OF one
Glassmore on the line dividing the Chickasaw and
! Choctaw nations. Both men were natives OF Ala
army. BeddingtOn had been an unsuccessful
| sutton for the hand OF the girl whom GlaSsInore
married ma When Bsddington appeared in the coun.
| his wife, and warned him 10 keep away from his
abode one night last week Beddington rode up
TO the house and was met by Glassmore, Who fired
at him twice with shotgun, wound1ng him NOR
! tally. Gla,srnore has He'd. BeddingtOn claims to
be missionary Baptist preacher
| THE MExICO-GUATEMALAN FRoNTIER.-A special
| from the CITY OF Mexico Says that the state
ment OF the Guatemalan minister at Washing
ton that a large body or Mexican troops
| are ma,sed on the Guatemala frontier
comes from the fact that the forces on the Guate-
maa frontier have been slightly increased recently
on account OF a complaint from that govern
ment; that a large number OF Guate-
maiians had taken residence on the Mexi-
can side OF the border, and were planning
against the Guaten- allan president admlnistra,
| tlon- This caused the Mexican Territory to be
kept at a distance OF 20 leagues from the line.
| A MODEL BUSINESS MANS DOwNFALL-At New
Haven, Conn.,, E. s. Wheeler, the 1nsOlvent iron
importer, whose recent failure, with Liabilities OF
x2OO00 600 and tual assets Of less than $lOO COO
| caused such sensation, Was arrested Thursday
| charged with obtaining money under false pre-
lenses II is now believed that all the $500 600 OF
| Wneeers paper held by local banks Will prove
! worthless. Wheeier'S downfall Causes q great
| sensation He moved In the best social circles.
| was pointed out a model business man and
was so highly connected that II has been on &C
count OF his relatives rather than OF himself that
! proceedings against him by the creditors have
| been SO long delayed.
MOTIVE FOR THE MgRDER-At Staunton Va